Baseball: 1929 "Casey at the Bat" Imprint....

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Baseball: 1929 "Casey at the Bat" Imprint. 4" x 7 3/4"
16-page booklet titled: "'Casey at the Bat' and Other Mudville
Ballads". Self-published by the author, George Whitefield D'Vys of
Cambridge. D'Vys, a prolific author of juvenile literature, claimed
to be the author of this iconic poem, often recited in vaudeville
and recorded on cylinder records. Experts believe otherwise, and
attribute authorship to Earnest Lawrence Thayer. D'Vys persisted in
his claims and printed this book that contains the poem along with
others of a similar theme he penned. Covers partially separated and
detached from staple-bound text.